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RBGLINING CHAIR.

No. 263,395. Patented Aug. 29, 1882.

STATES PATENT Diarree@ HENRY H. ELBREG, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RECLINING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,395, dated August 29, 1882.

lApplication filed May 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. ELBREG, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining- Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and tigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in reclining-chairs and it consists more particularly in the construction and arrangement of the locking devices whereby the said chair is adjusted to and secured in its various positions, as hereinafter more fully set forth. V

In the annexed drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure lis a side elevation of a reclining-chair with the locking device attached thereto. Fig. 2isa sectional detail ofsame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the locking device, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of same with rack-bar removed.

Like letters indicate like parts inthe several views.

The letter A represents a chair having its back B pivoted at or near the rear end of the seat-frame, and having standards C pivoted to the front end of said seat-frame.

Pivoted to the chair-back B, on each side, are arms D D, whose forward ends are hinged or otherwise suitably pivoted to the sta-ndards C C.

To the under faces of the arms D D are attached slotted plates E E, having lugs or projections c e formed on their upper faces,

near their forward ends, which t in the forward end of an elongated slot or recess formed in the under side of the arm D. A rackbar, F, having a knob or button, f, is arranged in this recess, and is pivoted atits forward end to the lugs e e ofthe slotted plate E.

Gr is a sliding flanged pawl of the form oted to the forked end of a bar, H, the opposite end of which is pivoted to the chair-back B at any suitable point below the arms and above the seat.

By pressing upward the knob or button f on thel rack-bar F said rack-bar will be raised from its engagement with the pawl G, and if pressure benow applied to thepivoted stand ards C or the chair-back B, or both, the chairback will be thrown backward to any desired position. To lock the back B in the desired position the pressure upon the knob or button fis removed and the rack-bar F allowed to drop back to its engagement with the pawl G. When the rack-bar and ratchet-lock are in this relation to each other (see Fig. 2) any further pressure upon the pivoted standards or chair-back will have the effect of causing the adjacent vertical faces of the rack-barand pawl to jam against each other, thus preventing the chair-back from being thrown any farther to the rear. By exerting a pressure opposite to that above described upon the pivoted standard or chair-back the inclined faces of the rack-bar will slide freely over the inclined face of the pawl, and the said chairback be raised or carried forward to any desired position.

The knob or button fis preferably attached to or formed upon the rack-bar at its forward end, as shown in Fig. 3, as by this meansitis within easy reach.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters, Patent, is-

1. In a reclining-chair, the combination of the pivoted back B, pivoted standards C, recessed arms D, slotted plates E, pivoted rackbar F, sliding pawls G, and bars H, pivoted to the back below the arms, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. In a reclining-chair, the combination of the pivoted back B, pivoted standards C, and

recessed :mns D, pivoted at their rear ends In testimony Whereoflafix my signature in to the chair-back, and having their front presence of two Witnesses. ends hinged to the pivoted standards, with the slotted plates E, having lugs c e, rzLok- BEN "UY H. ELBREG.. hat' F, having knobs or buttons f, sliding pnwls Gr, and bars H, pivoted to the back be- W'itnesses:

low the arms, substantially s shown and de- S. D. PIERSON,

scribed. H. J. EVERETT. 

